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==== Southern Claims Commission ==== | ==== Southern Claims Commission ==== | ||
If a Union sympathizer in Alabama claimed a loss during the Civil War due to Union military confiscation, he could apply to the Southern Claims Commission for reimbursement. Only a few applied per county, but their neighbors were called as witnesses and asked dozens of questions. Hundreds of the residents of all kinds in a county may be mentioned in answers to Commission questions, and their wartime activities described. To learn how to find records mentioning these neighbors in Alabama counties during the Civil War see the [[Southern Claims Commission|Southern Claims Commission]]. | If a Union sympathizer in Alabama claimed a loss during the Civil War due to Union military confiscation, he could apply to the Southern Claims Commission for reimbursement. Only a few applied per county, but their neighbors were called as witnesses and asked dozens of questions. Hundreds of the residents of all kinds in a county may be mentioned in answers to Commission questions, and their wartime activities described. To learn how to find records mentioning these neighbors in Alabama counties during the Civil War see the [[Southern Claims Commission|Southern Claims Commission]]. | ||
==== General Histories ==== | |||
*Fleming, Walter L. ''Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama.'' New York: The Columbia University Press, 1905. Digital version at {{FSbook|89367}} - free. | |||
=== References === | === References === | ||